Chapter Summaries

Qin Shu won her Youth Cup match with Wartortle, while Serperior came out of its Poké Ball and drew the attention of competitors and Champion Ji Yan. As Lin Feng’s turn approached, he left the question of pursuing the championship to Alolan Vulpix, which said it did not want to win.

• Qin Shu nervously asked Lin Feng and Jirachi to cheer for her before battling with Wartortle.
• Qin Shu defeated her opponent’s Level 22-to-24 Charmeleon with Rain Dance and Water Gun, then returned excitedly with Wartortle.
• Serperior came out of its Poké Ball beside Lin Feng, surprising nearby competitors with the quality of his Pokémon team.
• Ji Yan watched Serperior and wondered how Lin Feng had raised such a varied team, while worrying that Lin Feng might not choose Blaziken.
• As his match drew near, Lin Feng asked Alolan Vulpix whether it wanted to win the championship, and it answered that it did not.

Lin Feng explained to Alolan Vulpix why Pikachu Hero hid his identity, resolving its doubts. When Lin Feng’s Youth Cup match began, he chose Blaziken to face his opponent’s Ponyta, and Blaziken basked in the crowd’s cheers.

• Alolan Vulpix insisted that a true hero never revealed their name, so Lin Feng explained that Pikachu Hero might hide his identity to protect his loved ones from worry.
• Jirachi froze as it overheard Lin Feng’s explanation.
• Lin Feng’s turn came, and his elite-class opponent reluctantly entered the arena, realizing he had drawn Lin Feng.
• After seeing the opponent’s Ponyta and its moves, Lin Feng decided not to use the Eevee Squad and sent out Blaziken instead.
• Blaziken heard the spectators praising its earlier battle against Scraggy and proudly struck a pose as captain of the Vulpix Hero Team’s Third Squad.

Lin Feng agreed to race Blaziken against Li An’s Ponyta, and Blaziken held back while Ponyta struggled to keep pace. When Blaziken finally used Quick Attack, it surged ahead in a burst of speed, leaving the arena stunned.

• Li An proposed a five-minute race between Ponyta and Blaziken, and Lin Feng accepted after the referees and audience approved.
• Blaziken and Ponyta began racing while Li Bing’s commentary led the crowd to think Lin Feng had made a poor choice.
• At the halfway point, Li An urged Ponyta to use Agility and push harder, but Blaziken kept just ahead without appearing strained.
• Ponyta pushed itself into a breakthrough, but Lin Feng told Blaziken to stop playing around and use Quick Attack.
• Blaziken became an orange bolt of lightning, opened a gap of over a hundred meters, and astonished Li Bing and the audience.

Lin Feng’s Blaziken overwhelmed Ponyta in a race, astonishing the crowd and drawing attention to Neighbor Breeder House. As the competition continued, Lin Feng wondered how he could lose when none of the contestants could defeat him, especially since Vulpix did not want the championship.

• Blaziken unleashed its speed by chaining Quick Attack, Agility, and Flare Blitz, leaving the crowd and Fire-type Champion Ji Yan stunned.
• Blaziken won the race, and Li Bing announced Lin Feng’s victory as spectators and video creators spread word of Neighbor Breeder House.
• Lin Feng reassured Blaziken that it could enjoy the race but had to follow commands in real battles.
• Other competitors speculated that Lin Feng was strong enough to be a League Center champion candidate as he returned to Qin Shu and the Pokémon.
• Lin Feng considered how to lose the competition, since he could beat the other contestants and Vulpix did not want to win the championship.

Lin Feng considered whether to let his Eevees battle after winning the earlier Blaziken match, and Awu and Ajiu volunteered. During the tournament’s noon break, he fed his Pokémon special rice balls and prepared Ability Development Energy Cubes for Blaziken.

• Lin Feng released Asan, Awu, and Ajiu, then explained the tournament situation to them and Alolan Vulpix.
• Awu volunteered to battle, and Lin Feng checked its status before Ajiu also asked for a chance to compete.
• Lin Feng agreed to let Awu and Ajiu battle when an opportunity arose, telling them to mind their limits.
• Lin Feng watched the remaining first-round matches through the morning to learn what Pokémon later opponents might use.
• At the noon break, Lin Feng set up a table in the competitor seats and served his Pokémon A-class meat-and-vegetable rice balls.
• Lin Feng prepared SSS-class Ability Development Energy Cubes for Blaziken after its extensive use of its Ability.

Champion Ji Yan visited Lin Feng to ask how his Blaziken had developed such extraordinary Speed, but Charizard’s interest in Blaziken’s Ability Energy Cubes interrupted their conversation. Lin Feng offered them rice balls and began showing Ji Yan how Charizard and Blaziken responded to the food.

• Lin Feng recognized Champion Ji Yan when Ji Yan descended into the Competitor Seats on his Charizard.
• Charizard fixated on Blaziken’s Ability Energy Cubes, and Blaziken hugged them protectively until Ji Yan pulled Charizard back.
• Lin Feng understood that the cubes’ effects made them especially enticing to Charizard, whose Blaze Ability could benefit from them.
• Ji Yan explained that he had come to ask how Lin Feng had raised Blaziken’s Speed Ability to such an outrageous level.
• Lin Feng offered rice balls to Ji Yan and Charizard, and both ate them; Ji Yan felt full after one, while Charizard eagerly accepted more.
• Lin Feng gestured for Ji Yan to watch Charizard and Blaziken.

Lin Feng learned about Jirachi’s wishes and its memories of an ancient crisis involving Genesect and a mysterious rescue by a huge, long Pokémon. Jirachi ended its account by recalling that it fell asleep before it could say goodbye to Ah Feng.

• Ji Yan watched Blaziken eat as quickly as Charizard and asked whether Lin Feng had bred its Speed Boost Ability, but Lin Feng said it was born with it.
• Ji Yan left the stands on Charizard after spectators gathered around him, thinking he should visit Lin Feng’s Breeding House next time.
• Lin Feng quietly asked Jirachi what wishes it wanted fulfilled, and Jirachi wished for good food, games, slower time, and less pain when they parted.
• Jirachi told Lin Feng that Ah Feng once asked it to extend Butterfree’s lifespan, after which it slept through the tribe’s victory over Beedrill.
• Jirachi recalled that Genesect attacked the Caterpie, so it asked someone to wish for the crisis to be resolved, and a huge flying Pokémon descended from the sky and drove Genesect away.
• Jirachi said Ah Feng told it everything was fine, but it fell asleep again before it could say goodbye to him.

Lin Feng helped Jirachi identify the Pokémon it had summoned long ago and reassured it that Rayquaza would have helped Ah Feng’s clan. Qin Shu won her match against a Sandile, then Lin Feng’s next opponent surrendered as soon as his Eevee appeared.

• Lin Feng showed Jirachi images of Rayquaza and Genesect, and Jirachi recognized them as the Pokémon that had answered its wish and attacked Ah Feng’s clan.
• Lin Feng comforted Jirachi about Ah Feng’s clan, and Jirachi said it was happy with Lin Feng and Qin Shu.
• Qin Shu guided Wartortle to escape Sandile’s Muddy Trap and force it above ground, where Wartortle defeated it with Water Gun.
• Jirachi enthusiastically praised Qin Shu, and Lin Feng warned her not to become overconfident after battles.
• Lin Feng’s opponent, Han Feng, surrendered before Lin Feng’s newly sent-out Eevee could battle.

Lin Feng’s opponents kept surrendering when they saw him, while Qin Shu’s Wartortle won a tough match before losing to a strong Breloom as the Youth Cup’s first day ended. Back at the Breeding House, Lin Feng considered an S-rank Fire Stone and asked the Eevees which evolution forms they wanted.

• Li Bing’s opponent surrendered when Lin Feng brought Eevee into the arena, and later opponents also forfeited rather than face him.
• Qin Shu’s Wartortle used its durability and attacks from underground to defeat Treecko after the match began at a disadvantage.
• Qin Shu’s Wartortle lost to a Poison Heal Breloom, and the Youth Cup’s first day ended with the top eight advancing.
• Qin Shu stayed in Changsha City with her parents, while Jirachi went to see the city with her; Lin Feng returned to the Breeding House alone the next day.
• Lin Feng considered giving Blaziken an S-rank Fire Stone and asked the three Eevees which evolution forms they wanted.

Lin Feng let Ajiu and the other Eevees discuss their possible evolutions, then visited the Plantation and found Gardevoir checking on a troubled Bounsweet. The chapter ended as Gardevoir explained that Bounsweet had been feeling conflicted.

• Ajiu enthusiastically showed Awu and Asan the Sylveon, Umbreon, and Espeon forms, and announced that she wanted to become Sylveon.
• Asan chose Leafeon, but declined to evolve immediately because she wanted to evolve alongside her companions, so Lin Feng saved the SSS-class Leaf Stone for her.
• Awu remained torn between Flareon and Umbreon, and Lin Feng told her to wait until she had made up her mind.
• Lin Feng toured the Plantation at night, noted Sandshrew’s work and the progress of the new villa, and imagined life after moving in.
• Gardevoir appeared and told Lin Feng that she had come to check on Bounsweet, who had been feeling conflicted lately.

Lin Feng learned that Bounsweet wanted to evolve because it felt like a burden, but feared he would blame it for contradicting what it had said before. Gardevoir also warned him that Serperior was hiding grievances, and Lin Feng agreed to pay more attention to both Pokémon.

• Gardevoir brought Lin Feng to her room and sealed it with Psychic Power so Serperior could not overhear their conversation.
• Gardevoir told Lin Feng that Bounsweet was conflicted about evolving because it wanted to help more but feared he would blame it for changing its mind.
• Lin Feng remembered Bounsweet's earlier promise to stay unevolved and realized he had not taken its feelings seriously enough.
• Gardevoir comforted Lin Feng and described how she noticed and helped with Blaziken's hidden grievances.
• Lin Feng asked about Serperior, and Gardevoir said Serperior seemed better but was still keeping her grievances inside.
• Lin Feng agreed to pay attention to Bounsweet and Serperior, and Gardevoir offered to keep watching the Pokémon's emotions.

Lin Feng realized he had overlooked his Pokémon’s lives and feelings before they came to the Plantation, and resolved to pay more attention to them. At the quarterfinals, Jirachi gave the Pokémon plushies it had won with Qin Shu, and Lin Feng prepared to compete.

• Gardevoir comforted Lin Feng and told him he was the heart of the family.
• Lin Feng reflected on how little he knew about many of his Pokémon’s pasts and wondered whether Bounsweet missed its mother.
• Lin Feng checked that Bounsweet was asleep before returning to his room.
• Lin Feng went to the quarterfinals in Changsha City with Dragonite and Dragonite, where he met Qin Shu and Jirachi.
• Jirachi showed Lin Feng the plushies it had won with Qin Shu and Mew, then handed one to each Pokémon.
• Lin Feng gathered his Pokémon and headed to the front of the Competitor Seats as the matches were about to begin.

Lin Feng learned that Su Luoluo’s Larvitar consumed expensive ore and offered to battle it with an Eevee so Larvitar could earn its own food money. The chapter ended before the match began.

• Su Luoluo asked Lin Feng not to use Goodra because she wanted a chance to win prize money for her hungry Pokémon.
• Su Luoluo revealed her Larvitar, whom she had obtained by gambling on an egg.
• Lin Feng inspected Larvitar and learned that it was a strong, always-hungry male with good aptitude.
• Su Luoluo explained that her family owned a food-processing plant but was short on working capital.
• Lin Feng proposed that Su Luoluo battle with Larvitar and that he use Ajiu, an Eevee.

Lin Feng agreed to battle Su Luoluo with Ajiu, his Eevee, against her Larvitar, and Su Luoluo announced to the audience that she had asked him beforehand which Pokémon he would use. The crowd encouraged her as the Quarterfinal match began, eager to see Ajiu fight.

• Lin Feng proposed that Ajiu battle Su Luoluo's Larvitar, and Su Luoluo agreed after he promised not to hold back.
• Lin Feng checked Ajiu's status and asked whether it was confident, while Ajiu excitedly imagined its first battle.
• A Breloom slowly wore down a Swampert with Poison Powder, Leech Seed, and other draining attacks, leaving the crowd frustrated by the dirty strategy.
• As Lin Feng and Su Luoluo took their places for the final Quarterfinal match, Su Luoluo asked to address the audience and apologized for asking Lin Feng which Pokémon he would use.
• Su Luoluo explained her conversation with Lin Feng, and the audience encouraged her while Li Bing announced that Lin Feng would be using Eevee against Larvitar.

Lin Feng’s Eevee faced Su Luoluo’s Larvitar in a match while the crowd dubbed Lin Feng the Great Demon King. Ajiu fought with taunts and tricks, and Larvitar was left smitten by Attract just as Eevee mocked it and threatened its Trainer again.

• Lin Feng realized the spectators were treating him as a villain, while Ajiu wondered if that made it the Little Demon King.
• Li Bing started the match between Lin Feng’s Eevee and Su Luoluo’s Larvitar.
• Ajiu taunted Larvitar, then used Sand Attack to blind it and dodged its Tackle.
• Ajiu teased Larvitar about failing to protect its Trainer, then dodged its Bite and struck it with Swift.
• Lin Feng ordered Ajiu to use Attract, and Larvitar became charmed by Eevee.
• Ajiu mocked the charmed Larvitar and threatened to attack its Trainer unless it snapped out of the effect.

Lin Feng’s Eevee, Ajiu, defeated Larvitar in the quarterfinals after provoking it into a furious rampage, and Lin Feng considered using Jirachi’s wish to summon Victini for help. The audience challenge segment ended, and the semifinals were about to begin.

• Ajiu broke through Larvitar’s Attract, dodged its attacks, and defeated it with Return.
• Lin Feng returned to the competitor seats with Ajiu, who said it had enjoyed the battle and teased its opponent.
• No spectators challenged Lin Feng during the audience challenge segment, while the other quarterfinalists accepted several challenges.
• Lin Feng considered asking Jirachi to wish for Victini, hoping Victini’s energy could help Jirachi, and planned to prepare macarons.
• Jirachi agreed to make a wish on the fifth night, and the semifinals began after the audience challenge segment ended.

Lin Feng won the tournament with Blaziken and revealed during an interview that he was a Breeder with a Breeding Hut in Wutong Town. He showed the audience Serperior’s Champion-level Grassy Terrain, then left the arena with Qin Shu, who celebrated the prize money.

• Blaziken defeated Swellow in the semifinals, and Breloom defeated Electivire.
• Blaziken beat Breloom in the final and claimed the championship.
• During Li Bing’s interview, Lin Feng said he was a professional Breeder with a Breeding Hut in Wutong Town.
• Lin Feng summoned Serperior and had it use Grassy Terrain, stunning the audience and Li Bing with its immense power.
• Lin Feng left the arena with Qin Shu, who marveled at the 300,000 prize and imagined how many plushies Jirachi could buy.

Lin Feng returned to the Breeding House after the Youth Cup and reunited with the Pokémon who had been waiting for him. He checked in with Indeedee Brother, helped Gardevoir prepare for lunch, and surveyed the growing Plantation.

• Lin Feng and the young girl returned to Wutong Town after the Youth Cup, and she went to visit her parents.
• Indeedee Brother and the Alcremies waited for Lin Feng, who arrived before noon and hugged each Alcremie.
• Lin Feng asked Indeedee Brother about the Breeding House, then went to the kitchen, where Gardevoir and Indeedee sister were preparing lunch.
• Lin Feng released his Pokémon at the Plantation, and Alolan Vulpix happily ran through the garden while Serperior activated Grassy Terrain.
• Lin Feng saw Sandshrew clearing the new Plantation plot, the Hu Ba Construction Squad building houses, and Combee gathering nectar before heading into the new kitchen.

During lunch at the Plantation, Lin Feng reassured Bounsweet that he wanted it to evolve, and it became Tsareena after he removed its Everstone. Tsareena celebrated with Lin Feng and her companions, while Lin Feng later wondered whether Mewtwo was still developing Poké Balls on its island.

• Wartortle sneaked into the Plantation through the Water Channel and followed Gardevoir and Indeedee sister to lunch.
• Jirachi showed everyone the dolls it had caught, and Lin Feng noticed Bounsweet struggling to lift its doll.
• Lin Feng told Bounsweet he wanted it to evolve, and Bounsweet happily agreed after he suggested the doll could represent its promise not to evolve.
• Lin Feng removed Bounsweet's Everstone, and Bounsweet evolved into Tsareena.
• Tsareena hugged Lin Feng and showed off her new body as Blaziken, Primarina, Gardevoir, and Jirachi congratulated her.
• After lunch, Lin Feng wondered whether Mewtwo had taken Luxury Balls to its island to develop its own Poké Balls.

Lin Feng made colorful round cakes while considering how to solve Jirachi’s sleeping problem and help it meet Shiny Rayquaza. Blaziken ate too many cakes and ended up glowing in a stack of colors, and Lin Feng explained the cakes’ effects to everyone at dinner.

• Lin Feng told Gardevoir he had a possible solution to Jirachi’s sleeping problem and explained that Jirachi wanted to meet Rayquaza.
• Lin Feng and Gardevoir made round cakes from the Colorful Big Pumpkin Serperior had sent.
• Blaziken ate a pink cake and began glowing pink, then ate a plate of cakes and started glowing in many colors at once.
• The glow remained on Blaziken into the evening, so everyone gathered around it at dinner.
• Lin Feng showed everyone the different cakes and explained that each color made its eater glow that color.